Secrets of a Soul

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

With a brilliant tip of the hat to Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, German filmmaker G.W. Pabst offers Secrets of a Soul, a convoluted tale of a chemistry professor (Caligari's Werner Krauss) haunted by inexplicable resentments. The professor doesn't really dislike his wife's cousin, who is returning after several years in India: why, then do thoughts of murder keep entering his head? The dream sequences--to which Pabst gave credence by hiring two of Freud's assistants as consultants--elaborate upon existing Freudian symbolism to the bursting point. Pabst had always been fascinated by the subconscious; here he seems intoxicated by the subject. Especially effective is Pabst's use of multiple dissolves and superimpositions, all accomplished "in the camera" without any post-production lab work. Originally titled Geheimnisse einer Seele. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Black and White
• Features:
  • Illustrated film notes detailing the controversies surrounding the project

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Werner Krauss - Martin Feliman
       Ruth Weyher - His wife
       Hertha Von Walther - Fellmans Assistentin

• Director:

  G.W. Pabst

• Producer:

  Hans Neumann

• Screenwriter:

  Hans Neumann, Karl Abraham, Colin Ross, Hanns Sachs

• Cinematographer:

  Guido Seeber, Robert Lach, Curt Oertel

• Composer (Music Score):

  Ekkehard Wölk